 First edition cover | |
| Author | Nicholas Meyer |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Mystery novels |
| Publisher | E. P. Dutton |
Publication date | May 1976 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| ISBN | 0-525-23102-1 (first edition, hardback) |
| OCLC | 1945569 |
| 813/.5/4 | |
| LC Class | PZ4.M6135 We3 PS3563.E88 |
| Preceded by | The Seven-Per-Cent Solution |
| Followed by | The Canary Trainer |
The West End Horror: A Posthumous Memoir of John H. Watson, M.D. is a Sherlock Holmes pastiche novel by Nicholas Meyer, published in 1976. It takes place after two of Meyer's other Holmes pastiches, The Seven-Per-Cent Solution and The Canary Trainer, though it was published in between the two.
The plot concerns a series of strange murders in London's theatre district at the end of the 19th century.[1] It also includes a first meeting between Holmes and Doctor Moore Agar, whose "dramatic introduction to Holmes" was one that Watson, in the original Arthur Conan Doyle story "The Adventure of the Devil's Foot", wrote that he "may some day recount."
The West End Horror made The New York Times Best Seller list for eleven weeks between June 13, 1976 and August 22, 1976.[2]
- ^ Eyles, Allen (1986). Sherlock Holmes: A Centenary Celebration. Harper & Row. pp. 118-119. ISBN 0-06-015620-1.
- ^ Adult New York Times Best Seller Lists for 1976. Retrieved 23 December 2012.